January 24, 2002
Wootton Professorship: Mary Austin-Seymour named to new radiation oncology post
Dr. Mary Austin-Seymour, associate professor of radiation oncology, was named this month as the first Wootton Professor of Radiation Oncology.
The professorship is in honor of Professor Emeritus Peter Wootton and is granted to a medical physicist or physician working in radiation oncology.
Austin-Seymour is vice chair of radiation oncology practices at the UW Medical Center’s Cancer Center. Her research interests include the use of high technology in radiotherapy, radiation treatment planning and delivery. Austin-Seymour received an M.D. from the University of Chicago and her training in radiation oncology at Stanford University and Northwestern University. Prior to joining the UW in 1988, Austin-Seymour worked on the Proton Radiotherapy Project as a faculty member at Harvard University in the Department of Radiation Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Woottons and other sources established the endowment in 1993. Peter Wootton was instrumental in building the medical physics program at UW and is a leader in medical physics societies. Wootton is retired and living in Bellevue, Wash., with his wife Jean.
A reception will be held in February to honor Austin-Seymour and Professor Wootton.
